Flange oiling and safety device



April 8, 1930. G. w. GRISMORE 1,753,410'

FLANGE OILING AND SAF'Y DEVICE Filed sept. 26. 1928 lill l f Mmmm INVENTOR George Wrim'e ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 8, V19,30` "i" i I 'i 'i v fUNiran -s-rrEs PATENT OFFICE l `erEoEerE w. efEisivronE, oE'siiLT LAKE CITY, UTAi-I 'y FLANGE oiLiNG Ann., saEETY DEvIoE i i Appiieauon mea september zegieae. seriai No. Scalise. j My presentA invention has reference to i Figure is a plan view with parts in secmeans for lubricating the flanges of car and tion to illustrate thewmafn/ner in which lthe locomotive wheels of all kinds provided with plunger for the lubricant stick is Aconnected flanges. with the spring and the spring in turnis con'- The primary object of my invention is the nected withthe cap for the tube. 51() provision of a means for this purpose where- Figure is a side elevation of the outer by astick or bar of lubricating material will spring. y be held in contact with the :tace and edge of F'gure 6 is an elevation of the compressible a wheel flange to eectively lubricate the same tube or hose, parts being broken vaway and 1u and reduce wear upon the flange and heads kparts in section".V e

of the rails in turning curves, etc., and liketFigure 7 is aside elevationoit the improvewise to reduce the objectionable noises resultment with parts 'brokenaway and'partsin secing from the grinding vcontacty of such surtion. v 7 Jfaces. In the showing of the drawings l have l5 A further object is the provision of a wheel mounted on the upper-bar of the frame'ol" a UU flange lubricator that shall be of an extremely wheel truck 1, an upwardly directed angularsimple construction and which may be readly disposed rodQ which has its upper end exily attached to the wheel truck frame of acar tended at an angle with respectto the wheel or other frame of a locomotive and wherein 3 that is journaled on the frame. The upper o the same will constantly deliver a lubricant to end of the bar2 is also provided with a socket c5 the liange of the wheel and avoid directing portion to cooperate 'withwthe removable such lubricant to the tread of the wheel which socket which is bolted to the angle end l of would result in the slippage of the wheel and the said bar. l These sockets aref designed to further wherein the device is retained at a clamp therebetween themetal tubular body 5 desired angle 'with respect to the wheel and 5 of the improvement. The-tube 'is approxi- ToA the metal parts thereof held out of contact mately centrally ormedwith an'annularenwith the wheel. largement, orcollar 6.-' The-collar' may, ot A further object is the provision of a decourse, be welded orotherwise secured rigidvice of this character in which the lubricant ly .to-the tubefand the upper andcouter ent stick is gently fed to the langeoffthe wheel 'of the tube-fis exteriorlv threaded. 75 so that the same will be long lived and like- The threaded end of the tubeis designed wise wherein the charge of lubricant may be to vbe closed by a screw cap 7. rlhis cap has easily and quickly replenished when occasion welded' or otherwise iXedly-secured therein requires. one end of an outwardly directed coil ,spring To the attainment of the foregoing the in- 8, the second end of the spring being welded so vention resides in the improvement hereinor otherwise iXedly secured to a plunger-9. after described and definitely claimed. The plunger is designed to engage with a In the drawings: stick of hard lubricant 10, to torce the same Figure 1 is a side elevation of a sufficient outward through the-tube. ,y 40 portion of a wheel truck frame to illustrate rlhe outer end of the tube and the end of ye5 the application of my improvement thereon. the lubricant stick have arranged therearound Figure 2 is a view looking at right angles to a v` compressible pipe which may be in the Figure l. nature oa short section of garden hose and Figure 3 is a plan view of the metal tube which is indicated by the numeral 11. 1 Fixed that comprises the body of the improvement. on what may be termed the outer face of the Vprojects a considerable distance beyond the outer end of the tube, and the compressible pipe prevents any metal part of the device contacting with the car Wheel 3V.

By reference to Figures l and 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the improvement is held atan angle with respect to the Wheel' sos that the outer a-nclfprojecting endr off the hard lubricant stick 10 contacts only with the flange of the Wheel and; therefore, thev` tread surface of the Wheel is not lubricated.

This is important as lubricanteapplied tothe treadyfsurfaces ofthe Wheelswould cause slippage offthe. Wheels. The improvement 1s oi anextremely, simple construction andl can be i quickly. andA easily. applied to any ordinary construction ofucars orlocomotives. Thehard lubricant stick does .notreadily Wear, but applies a constant and sui'iicient lubricantto the tlangeof theWheel. The stick, When Worn maybe readily replaced by another hard lu,- bricant stick by simply unscrevvingvthe cap 7 and bodily'removing` the pressurespring 8 and the plunger 9 romthetube... The ilexible vpipe ll is employed in order that the lubricatingstickvmay be electivelyheld inthe improvement and 'yet' permitted a desired .yielding movementand likewise as a Wiper should excessive movement be imp arted to .the Wheel. IMhilejI .li-ayeahereinset forth a satisfactory embodiment of improvement as itl now appears -to nid-obviously I donot Wishto be restricted to thev precise details herein set forth and, therefore, it, istobe understood that I; holdi myself` entitled" to,L make such changes therefrom4l as. lfairly-,- fall Within the scope Vof What-g Ir claim.

Having. described the V invention, I claim l, In: a,lubricator for Wheel flangesatube supported above and at an angle with respect to the; car: WheelV and directed toward the flange thereof, a. spring influenced lubricant stickcarriedv byV the. tube, mov-able therethrough and designed to Contact;I with the flange .of the Wheel, a helical springxedoll the tube, and a short. compressible pipe screwed in theA convolutions ofthe spring and disposedv overthe tube. and projecting beyond Y the. outer endfth'ereof, and partly; covering the projecting endr ot the lubricant stick.

2. In a lubricator ,-orivheeliangesf, a tube supported at an angle and directedtoward the flange of acarwheel7 saidtubedesigned to receive-a hard lubricant fsticktherein which projects through oneend'thereot, a-l plunger in the tube, aspringhaving one endvvelded tothe plunger, ar screwy cap foi-closing the upper or GEORGE W. GRISMQRE. 

